steering damper removal

[truckarms]

Help please guys,
I have been trying to remove and replace my steering damper and cant get it off!!!
I managed to get the smaller end free, and I got the split pin and nut off the other end but it does not matter what i try I cant get the rest of the pin out!!

I have used about half a can of bolt loosenning stuff and also tried hitting it, pulling on the old damper (its starting to bend so stopped doing that).

Any other ideas please!!!


Cheers

[Maverick]

If you're talking about the ball joint end I found appling pressure using a jack, and then wacking it with a lump hammer worked.
Then again the hour of swearing at it before hand may have assisted in some obscure way.

[truckarms]

well i have done the hour swearing at it in the cold and rain today. I gues its just keep trying then!!!

[surfenstein]

hit the actual knucklethe bit where the ball joint goes into with a dead blow hammer and use the jack method that should do the trick.

[blynde]

Not sure if you mean the Idler Housing. But for anyone replacing bushes in this, theres no need to split balljoint.

If you're replacing top and bottom idler bushes:-

1-remove plate which supports the rubber splash guard,
2-remove 3 long bolts from idler housing,
3-prise off domed cap at the top,
4-remove nut and large washer,
5-slide housing off swivel bar,
6-prise top n bottom bushes from housing.

CLEAN everything, regrease, pop new bushes in and reassemble.

2 Bushes from Listers £9. If you want new bottom seal £8.50.

Unfortunately I got wrong parts that dont fit my 2.4 '92 surf and now struggling to acquire correct part no's

These are part no's that dont fit:-
Bushes 90383-18068.
Bottom seal 90304-31012

[wishbone]

Are you using a balljoint splitter ?

[Albannach]

Not sure if you mean the Idler Housing. But for anyone replacing bushes in this, theres no need to split balljoint.

If you're replacing top and bottom idler bushes:-

1-remove plate which supports the rubber splash guard,
2-remove 3 long bolts from idler housing,
3-prise off domed cap at the top,
4-remove nut and large washer,
5-slide housing off swivel bar,
6-prise top n bottom bushes from housing.

CLEAN everything, regrease, pop new bushes in and reassemble.

2 Bushes from Listers £9. If you want new bottom seal £8.50.

Unfortunately I got wrong parts that dont fit my 2.4 '92 surf and now struggling to acquire correct part no's

These are part no's that dont fit:-
Bushes 90383-18068.
Bottom seal 90304-31012

WTF is going on here? 2 threads, both from january and both with the same reply? Wierd...